The Landing of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles c1623-1625
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), 1577-1640
Oil on Canvas
On Exhibit: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Original Size: 155.1” x116.1”
Recreation Size: 84.0” x 64.0”
This is one of the most published and cited entries in the Medici series at the Louvre. In it, Marie is welcomed by by the personification of France (figure in helmet). She is escorted by spectacular sea gods and goddesses. Blowing horns announce her arrival to the French people.
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The Landing of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles
